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The Young Americans are founded by Milton C. Anderson.
Milton C. Anderson, music teacher at Birmingham High School in Los Angeles, begins auditioning students for a new choral group and forms The Young Americans.
The Young Americans perform with well-known individuals.
YAs perform with Johnny Mathis, Julie Andrews, James McCraken, Dorothy Kirsten, Vic Damone, George Burns, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Henry Mancini, and Dean Martin; appear on Bing Crosby TV Special, Johnny Carson Show, Ed Sullivan Show.
The Young Americans film wins the Academy Award.
The Young Americans’ film wins Academy Award for full-length documentary. YAs begin touring with 2-hour concert tours both domestically and internationally including Japan, Far East and Canada.
The year of America’s Bicentennial Celebration.
The Young Americans spend a summer doing nightly performances at the foot of the Washington Monument as part of Bicentennial Celebration. Also began national 9-month tours of Oklahoma! and The Music Man as part of Columbia Artists Community Concert Series.
The Young Americans begin their first Dinner Theatre.
Initial season of The Young Americans Dinner Theatre at Boyne Highlands Resort in the northern Michigan town of Harbor Springs. Ongoing national tours of West Side Story and To Richard Rodgers with Love.
The Young Americans are traveling to Europe.
YAs tour to Japan and France with performances on the Mediterranean Sea in addition to Gershwin national tour.
National Music Outreach Tour created.
After several years of hosting national choral invitationals in Southern California, and after witnessing the removal of music programs in our nation’s schools due to budget cuts, The Young Americans decide to create the National Music Outreach Tour. The goal of the tour – to bring music back into schools, opening doors of discovery for the musical talents of young people. Students spend 3 days learning to work together, to respect each other’s strengths, and to discover their own potential – all through the universal language of music and dance.
Our first International Music Outreach Tours begin.
First International Music Outreach Tour visits Australia and New Zealand, with tours to Europe following in 2001 and 2002 visiting England, Germany and Ukraine. Tours continue to expand to additional countries around the world including Japan in 2006.
The Young Americans College of the Performing Arts.
YAs establish their Young Americans College of the Performing Arts (formerly California Pacific College of the Performing Arts) in southern California with the goal to offer college credit in music, dance, performance and teaching methods to Young Americans student performers.
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Now conducting 7 international tours a year.
The Young Americans are currently traveling on 7 International Outreach Tours each year visiting the North America, Europe, Australia and Japan, in addition to convention and concert performances in Southern California. Young Americans student performers participate in our two-year Performance Certificate program focusing on multiple aspects of music performance and education.
